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Government & Politics 2026-03-13 (Season 42)

POLITICIANS

In a 1984 speech, he said, "Our flag is red, white & blue" but America has "many colors... held together by a common thread"

Government & Politics 2024-12-24 (Season 41)

GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC AWARENESS

As individuals, only Santa Claus & this public service ad icon introduced in 1944 have their own ZIP codes

Government & Politics 2023-07-17 (Season 39)

GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

In 1867 he wrote to General Rousseau, "on arriving at Sitka... you will receive from the Russian commissioner the formal transfer"

Government & Politics 2023-06-15 (Season 39)

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT

Established in 1938, this congressional group was still issuing subpoenas in 1969 & finally ceased to exist 6 years later

Government & Politics 2023-04-12 (Season 39)

THE BILL OF RIGHTS

England's "Bloody Assizes" & a 1685 life sentence for perjury were 2 main origins of this amendment to the U.S. Constitution

Government & Politics 2022-09-20 (Season 39)

AMERICAN GOVERNMENT

Delivered on January 8, 1790, the first of these was also the shortest, at 1,089 words

Government & Politics 2022-05-12 (Season 38)

CONSTITUTIONS OF THE WORLD

Amendments to its 1901 constitution require approval of at least 4 states before receiving royal assent

Government & Politics 2021-03-02 (Season 37)

WORLD LEADERS ADDRESS CONGRESS

The 2 to address 3 joint sessions are Churchill & this leader, his non-European country's longest-serving PM, in 1996, 2011 & 2015

Government & Politics 2020-11-02 (Season 37)

POLITICAL SPEECHES

At the 2004 DNC, Barack Obama used a fairly new metaphor, saying, "Pundits... slice & dice our country into" these 2 types of states

Government & Politics 2020-04-22 (Season 36)

WORLD ELECTIONS

In 2014 this democratic nation broke the record for total turnout in a single election with more than 500 million voters

Government & Politics 2020-01-20 (Season 36)

CABINET POSITIONS

Of the 4 jobs in George Washington’s cabinet, the 2 that have been filled by women in the 230 years since

Government & Politics 2020-01-10 (Season 36)

CONSTITUTIONS OF THE WORLD

This country's 1979 constitution forbids amendments altering its official ideology or religion

Government & Politics 2020-01-03 (Season 36)

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

Until a 1913 amendment allowed this, 1/3 of U.S. government revenue came from liquor

Government & Politics 2019-07-19 (Season 35)

STATES' GOVERNORS

It's the only state to have had 4 female governors, 3 of whom served consecutively between 1997 & 2015

Government & Politics 2019-02-04 (Season 35)

THE U.S. SENATE

An 1890 resolution by Senator Aldrich was killed by this, the very technique it sought to limit; a 1917 rule set some boundaries on it

Government & Politics 2018-04-02 (Season 34)

U.S. GOVERNMENT

Theportraitherehangs in the building of this Cabinet department & depicts a man who once ran it

Government & Politics 2018-03-19 (Season 34)

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT

Before signing the bill creating this, President George W. Bush noted its "nearly 170,000 employees" & "a new kind of war"

Government & Politics 2017-03-02 (Season 33)

SIGNERS OF THE CONSTITUTION

The name of this first Maryland signer is also on a national monument completed in 1803

Government & Politics 2017-02-07 (Season 33)

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT

Sawyers are an important part of the work force of this agency founded in 1905

Government & Politics 2016-07-12 (Season 32)

POLITICAL WORDS

Hamilton began & ended the Federalist Papers warning of this type of person, Greek for "people's leader"

Government & Politics 2015-09-30 (Season 32)

UNITED NATIONS NATIONS

This nation of 55 million is the only one to provide a secretary-general but never to have a seat on the Security Council

Government & Politics 2015-05-27 (Season 31)

GOVERNORS

Governors of adjacent states, these 2 ex-prosecutors are also adjacent on an alphabetical list of governors

Government & Politics 2015-03-12 (Season 31)

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT

On August 15, 1994, 59 years & 1 day after FDR signed the original act, Bill Clinton made this an independent agency

Government & Politics 2014-07-15 (Season 30)

U.S. GOVERNMENT PEOPLE

A committee chaired by the official in this job released the influential 1964 report "Smoking and Health"

Government & Politics 2014-07-09 (Season 30)

CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHIES

The constitution of this country allows the monarch to abdicate, which has happened in 1948, 1980 & 2013

Government & Politics 2014-07-07 (Season 30)

GOVERNMENT

"Features" at the website of this agency include "Protection", "Investigations" & "Know Your Money"

Government & Politics 2014-01-27 (Season 30)

THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT

This office is named for a tablecloth imprinted with squares that was once used as an abacus

Government & Politics 2014-01-20 (Season 30)

GOVERNMENT SITES

Begun as part of a 1930s project to reclaim Maryland mountain land, it's officially "Naval Support Facility Thurmont"

Government & Politics 2013-12-24 (Season 30)

GEOPOLITICAL HOT SPOTS

On the Grand Trunk Road, the Wagah border separating these 2 countries since 1947 is called the "Berlin Wall of Asia"

Government & Politics 2013-11-27 (Season 30)

GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS

Over 8,000 people have been saved from harm by this program authorized in a 1970 law, but we're not allowed to name any

Government & Politics 2013-06-14 (Season 29)

THE UNITED NATIONS

Of nations in the World Almanac, 3 are not U.N. members: Taiwan, Vatican City & this European one that gained independence in 2008

Government & Politics 2013-04-24 (Season 29)

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT

Donna Shalala, Alberto Gonzales & Tom Vilsack have each served as the "designated survivor" skipping this event

Government & Politics 2013-01-03 (Season 29)

SEX & THE CONSTITUTION

Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, it's the number of the only one to contain the word "sex"

Government & Politics 2012-10-31 (Season 29)

THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION

New York's delegates were John Lansing, Robert Yates & this Founding Father, the only one of the 3 who signed

Government & Politics 2012-07-12 (Season 28)

THE UNITED NATIONS

Of the 6 official languages used at the U.N., this one is the last alphabetically

Government & Politics 2012-06-13 (Season 28)

POLITICAL TERMS

19th c. reports on horse races used this 2-word term to mean horses that were in the field but didn't finish high

Government & Politics 2012-04-05 (Season 28)

POLITICAL TERMS

The OED traces these 2 parallel terms to an October 30, 2000 "Today" show discussion of an electoral map

Government & Politics 2011-12-23 (Season 28)

POLITICAL WORDS

16th century British farmers notching their livestock for identification led to this term for an item set aside for a specific purpose

Government & Politics 2011-05-18 (Season 27)

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

The longest period in American history with no changes to the Constitution was from 1804 to this year

Government & Politics 2010-12-31 (Season 27)

POLITICAL TERMS

A 1912 speech said the Bull Moose Party "comes from" these; "it has grown from the soil of... people's hard necessities"

Government & Politics 2010-12-28 (Season 27)

CABINET OFFICERS

He was the last Secretary of State to serve in the post under 2 presidents

Government & Politics 2010-12-03 (Season 27)

THE CABINET

These 2 Cabinet departments both depict 19th century plows on their official seals

Government & Politics 2010-06-04 (Season 26)

AMERICAN POLITICIANS

Frank Sinatra came out of retirement to sing their praises: "They're both unique... the Quaker & the Greek"

Government & Politics 2010-03-04 (Season 26)

SENATE COMMITTEES

1-word name of the committee that sets the spending priorities that the Finance & Appropriation committees carry out

Government & Politics 2010-01-22 (Season 26)

THE CABINET

Created by the Continental Congress in 1775, this officer joined the Cabinet in 1829 but was removed from it in 1971

Government & Politics 2009-12-30 (Season 26)

THE CONSTITUTION

Just 37 words, it's in the article on the executive branch & is the only part of the Constitution that is in quote marks

Government & Politics 2009-12-01 (Season 26)

POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

The subtitle of this influential 1762 treatise is "Principes du droit politique" ("Principles of Political Right")

Government & Politics 2009-10-09 (Season 26)

THE U.S. SENATE

This man, only the third man to serve his state in the U.S. Senate, left the body in 2009

Government & Politics 2009-02-18 (Season 25)

POLITICAL TERMS

The first known use of this word is a 1763 entry in John Adams' diary describing a club meeting in a friend's attic

Government & Politics 2007-12-04 (Season 24)

U.S. POLITICS

Since 1960, only Massachusetts & this state have produced more than one of the 10 Democratic presidential nominees